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LEARNING WITH ATLAS @ CERN
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WP2 – first thoughts
Peter Watkins
University of Birmingham
(thanks to Sofoklis for many inputs)
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• User requirements report (1 March 09)
• Pedagogical framework report (1 April 09)
• LA@CERN Initial Missions (1 April 09)
• LA@CERN Final Missions (1 Sept 09)
WP2 finishes after one year
What has to be done -(when!)
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Who has to do it?
• All of us … BUT
• University of Birmingham - leads WP2
• Special support from
• Heureka for ‘Science centres’
• EA and BMUKK for ‘Schools’
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Where will we do it ?
• Schools in Greece and Austria (2 schools)
• Universities in Greece, Sweden, UK
• Science centres in Finland, Sweden
BUT with ‘extended validation exercises it is
expected to be presented in many countries’
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How do we get started ?• Small workshops with existing scenarios
(involve small group of teachers)
Allow short time for initial tests
• User requirements workshops
Key input to our pedagogical frameworks and initial missions
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Challenges – personal view
• Time to do the work – for us and teachers
• Defining specific user groups in our different countries
• Selection of initial scenarios/missions
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Defining user groups• Schools clearest but …• What age? • Variation of topic in syllabus in countries• Variation in school time available, in class or outside?
• Universities• Target less clear to me.• New material for University courses or extra for students
to try on their own?
• Science Centres• Individual visitors. Would there be workshops ?
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ATLAS Student Event Challenge
• Why do these experiments – big questions• What do we know now• How do the experiments work – LHC,
Particle detectors, Grid Computing• Interpreting the collisions – visualisation
Many interesting things to learn about
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Point 1 activities and perspectives
Marzio Nessi
ATLAS plenary 2nd October
2004
Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
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Linac
Booster
PS
SPS
LHC
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ATLAS Detecor
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Muon Detectors
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Dimensions
Diameter 25 mBarrel Toroid length 26 mEnd-cap end-wall chamber span 46 m
Overall weight 7000 Tons
ATLAS
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• Exercise needs to be varied and fun!
• Identifying events visually can be repetitive
• Web pages need lively style
• Topic is fascinating - but looking for new physics with event display is very tough!!
When students study collisions
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My conclusions• Looking forward to this meeting. The
collaboration has lots of experience
• Make use of all our contacts eg CERN high school teachers programme
• Help from all of you will be needed in the first very short phase of WP2!
• Thanks to Sofoklis for his help with this session